Mounting for dolls&#39; eyes



Jan. 13, 1931. PAGANELLQ v 1,789,019

MOUNTING FOR DOLLS EYES Filed March 2'7, 1929 INVENTOR zi xafl ATTORN EYS Patented Jan. 13, 1931 UNITED STATES NUNZIOPAGANELLOQOI BnookLYN, nnw Yon]; l

MOUNTING non Donne'- nyns Application filed March 27, 1929. Serial No. 350 31 6 This invention relates to an improvement in mountings for dolls eyes-and has for an obiect to provide means by which theeyes may be readily and easily inserted in posi tion in their sockets, or removed therefrom.

without disturbing the cement or other fastening means which secures the mounting;

the dolls head.

Another object consists inproviding;

mounting which may be permanently fixed in the doll s head immediately after the headis; formed or molded and before the head is.

painted and completely finished.

Another object, consists in providing a. mounting having an eye carrying device.

yieldingly held in position thereinand arranged to be removed or replacedlwithout the aid of a skilled" operator, thereby; mate:

' rially reducing the cost of manufacture and increasingthespeed of production; Another object consists in providing; a mounting and eye carrying device which: is

simple in constructiomeiiicient and econom ical to manufacture.

tain improvements in the form, construction, and arrangement of the several parts. whereby the above named and other objects" may. be effectively attained. 7 M an A practical embodiment. of my invention is Represented; in the accompanying drawings, in-which I Fig; 1 represents a vertical section of: a dolls head looking: toward the front andshowing my improved structure applied.

thereto. i a V Fig. 2 represents a vertical section taken in the plane of the line II-II- of- Fig-.' l r 1 looking in the direction of the arrows V in the plane ofthe'line III- 1H of 1 looking in the direction ofthe arrows.

carrying device partly removed.

Fig. '5 represents a similar'viewwitli the.

eyezcarrying device in another position.

Wimounti'ng, and I p M p I of. the mounting is cemented inplace after Fig. 3 represents ahorizontal section taken" Fig. 7 represents .a. front elevation of? the: eye carrying device. r 1 v r In the. known methods of' applying eye mountingsto dolls heads, it has been niecessary to: form or mold,,paint and. completelyfinish the dollsheadj beforethe: mounting; couldibe; setthereinor applied to the head. It has also been necessary to exercise con:- siderableacare and skillin; settingand: ads justing the eyes in the: sockets: in; the head: 5- after-the paint, etc., has become dried; and: hardened, 'Ehisio'peratione isvery costly and; requires skilled labor to perform the; same; Funthermore,- a long period of time-must v elapse: before the. product is ready for the: eye mounting, after which it must thenwait' another} period; for the cement. todryrand harden which. secures: the eyes and. their mounting in the. head.

With: my improvedstructure one portion- 7 the head is formed andvmolded andbeforethe head is painted andfinished', ,Theform is:

V a a then paintediancljcompletely finished sdthatl Another object consistsin providingcerthe eyecarryingdevice; may be: readily' and; 75 quicklyinserted; assoon asthe; 'pa-intzhasbecome dry and hard, The operation: of; illiserting theeye carrying; dewice isivery simple;

v and accomplished by even an unskilled Opel: atQ r Y l have shownirivets 3. i'llhememberl has its upperend; bent over at ia tofassist in keeping the members-in position; The lower end of V the 'memberl is bent 'at 5r-to-form a guideandr. 9'0 stop by which the member is positioned} in a the dollsqhead fi; This member 1 is also pro- Fig. 4 represents a side-elevation, P3111117; Videdlwifli outwandly'pmje'cting ears'jzfl in section, of my mounting showing the eye posedloniopposite sides andarranged tostrad's;

dle the spningactuatedmemberQa. The ears 96 7;, 8 areprovided with open slots 9;. 10: and curvedlowerendspll, l2' respectiyely,tlie pur pose-10f which will be hereinafter: explained; TheQspring actuated member 2; is"; rovided,

at a point in line Withthe slots'9, l0zofi the 1'00 7 thereon, in any well known or approved'mam' ner. This shaft 15 is mounted in the slot .9,

10 of the member 1 and journaledin therecess 13 of the spring actuated member2. A counterbalance 18 is secured to the shaft 15 by means of depending arms 19, 20, which arms are arranged to moveon opposite sides of the members 1,2 and adjacent the ears 7, 8.

This counterbalance serves to regulate the p0-- sition of the eye-ball shells 16, 17 with respect to the sockets 21, 22 in the dolPs head 6.

In order to secure the shaft 15 in position between the members 1, 2 and against unintentional displacement, I provide a spring actuated arm 23, one end of which is secured to the fixed end of the spring actuated member 2 by means of the rivet 3,while the free end is arranged to press against the'inner wall of the curved guide 14, thereby tending to keep the member 2 in the intimate contact with the member 1.

When it is desired to remove the eye carrying device, for purpose of replacement or ad justment, the spring actuated member 2 is moved outwardly against the tension of its spring and the spring actuated arm 28, so that the shaft 15 may be lifted from the slots 9, 10in the ears 7 8 and then removed from the recess 13 in the member 2, as shown in Fig.

4, after which the shaft may be moved vertically in a downward direction so as to ride on the ears 7, 8-'until the shaft passes from between the curved guides 5, 14 of the members In order to replace the eye carrying device, 1 the portion of the shaft 15 between the de.

pending'arms 19, 20- is moved upwardly into the curved guides'5, 14; and caused to ride upwardly on the curved ends 11, 12 of the ears 7, 8 until it falls into the slots 9, 10, whereupon the tension of the spring actuated member andarm is released and the transverse recess 13 of the member 2 brought into "'en-' gagement with the shaftlfi, thereby forming a journal in which the shaft 15 may rock.

I To limit the rocking movement ofthe shaft 15 in one direction, I provide stops 24,25, which extend'upwardly from the shaft and are arranged to be brought into-engagement with the inner'wall of the dollshead' 6, as

shown in dotted outline in Fig. 2. The shaft.

15 is also limitedin its rocking movement in the other directionby the counterbalance 18,

which engages the innerw au f th head asshown in Fig. 2.

It is evident that various changes may be resorted to in the form, construction and arrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; and hence, I do not intend to be limited to the details herein shown and described, except as they. may be included in the claims. ,What I claim is 1 1. A mounting for dolls eyes comprising, a member fixed in the dolls head, said member including a rigid portion having its lower end bent forwardly to form a stop arranged to'engage the dolls head for positioning the member therein, said portion having rearwardly disposed ears provided with open slots and a yielding portion secured at one end to said rigid portion and movable-between the ears, and an eye carrying device including a shaftremovably mounted in said slots in the ears of the rigid portion.-

2. A'mounting for dollseyes comprising, a member'fixed in the dollshead, said member including a rigid portion having its lower end'bent forwardly to form a stop arranged to engage the dolls head for positioning the member therein, said portion having rearwardly disposed ears provided with open slots, a yielding portion having a transverse recess formed therein and disposed to be moved between said ears, said yielding portion being secured at one end to the rigid portion, and an eye carrying device including a shaft removably mounted in said'slots in the ears ofthe rigid portion and the trans verse recess of the yielding portion.

8. A mounting for dolls 'eyes' comprising, a member fixed in the'dolls head, said member including a rigid portion provided at one end with a curved stop arranged to engage the dolls head for positioning the member therein, said portion having ears provided with open slots, a flat yielding portion having'its lower end curved outwardly and its upper end secured to said rigid portion, and

gage the dollfs head forpositioning the mem-- ber, therein, said'portionhaving ears provided with open slots, the edges of said ears being shaped to form guides tofsai'd slots, a fiat yielding portio'n having its lower end curved outwardly and its upper end secured to said rigid portion, and an eye carrying device including a shaft removably and yieldingly mounted in said slots in the ears;

40 be engaged by said fiat yielding portion bespaced apart to form open slots, said fiat 1,789,019 r i i 3 of the rigid portion, the exterior surface of said curved stop on the rigid portion and the curved lower end of the yielding portion being disposed in opposite directions to form guides therebetween for theinsertion of the eye carrying shaft to the slots in the ears.

5. A mounting for dolls eyes comprising, a member fixed in the dolls head, said member including a rigid portion provided at one end with a curved stop arranged to engage the dolls head for positioning the member therein, said portion having ears provided with open slots, the edges of said ears being shaped to form guides to said slots, a fiat yielding portionhaving a'transverse recess formed therein and disposed to be moved between the ears, said yielding portion having its lower end curved outwardly and its upper end secured to said rigid portion, and an eye carrying device including a shaft removably mounted in said slots in the ears of the rigid portion and the transverse recess of the yielding portion, the exterior surface of said curved stop on the rigid portion and the curved lower end of the yielding portion being disposed in opposite directions to form 7 guides therebetween for the insertion of the eye carrying shaft tothe slots in the ears. 6. A mounting for dolls eyes comprising, a member including a fiat rigid portion and a flat yielding portion secured together at one end, said fiat rigid portion being arranged to be fixed in the dolls head and contact therewith throughout its length, rearwardly extended ears projecting from the side edges of said flat rigid portion and spaced apart to form open slots, and an eye carrying member including a shaft removably mounted in said slots and arranged to V tween the ears.

7. A mounting for dolls eyes comprising, a member including a flat rigid portion and a flat yielding portion secured together at one.end,said flat rigid portion being arranged to be fixed in'the dolls head and contact therewith throughout its length, rear- Wardly extended ears projecting from the side edges of said flat rigid portion and yielding portion being bent to form a transverse recess therein and disposed to register with the slots, and an eye carrying member including a shaft removably mounted in the slots and arranged to be yieldingly embraced by said transverse recess in the yielding portion. I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name, this 26th day of March, 1929. a

' NUNZIO PAGrANELLO. a 

